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Southern California Trip


Aboard the USS IOWA
This year Mr. D and I decided to visit southern California. For the first part of the trip, we stayed with Mr. D’s sister’s family, then we saw a few of our old friends who now live in California, and for the last part we met up with my parents and a few relatives to see a game at the Rose Bowl.

Some food highlights from staying with Mr. D’s sister’s family include doughnuts on the beach, homemade ribs, pizza, and breakfast smoothies. We also had the chance to go to the San Diego Safari Park. Mr. D's nephews loved seeing the animals.

Reading a map at the safari park
Tram ride at the safari zoo


After visiting them, we drove a rental car north to see friends who recently moved to California from our neighborhood in Issaquah. Our friend happens to be our hair stylist (who we haven’t been able to replace) and she offered to cut both Mr. D's hair and my hair.

While spending time with them, we took a ride in their 1966 Ford mustang convertible and went to the beach together.



We also got to visit with one of my old friends from a summer internship. We’re looking forward to his wedding in a few months.



When my family got into to town we decided to spend a morning riding bikes along the beach. We managed to get a selfie of us on the beach cruisers.

Beach Selfie
Some touristy adventures include visiting the USS IOWA, the Aquarium of the Pacific, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and Paramount Studios.

USS IOWA
The cannons shoot projectiles as tall as David weighing 2700 lbs
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Paramont Studios

Forest Gump bench


We culminated our trip with the BYU v UCLA game at the Rose Bowl. We did end up loosing by a point, but it was still a very exciting game.

After BYU's first touchdown of the game
Beach
Beach sunset

Comments

  1. SkyeOctober 14, 2015 at 9:26 AM

    Sounds like fun! Love the Forrest Gump photo :) What constitutes a "breakfast smoothie"??

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  2. MrDandMrsMOctober 14, 2015 at 3:18 PM

    Glad to hear you like the Forrest Gump photo.

    The breakfast smoothies had peaches, mangos, spinach, orange juice... and probably a few other secret ingredients. :)

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